1. Moving: French were moving troops to the North-Eastern border (of France)
2. Forming: Forming a large invasion force
Problem for British:
These actions indicated a high probability of a French invasion through Belgium which violated Belgian neutrality and was also against British interest to allow a strong power like France to occupy Belgium
After the end of the Balkan Wars the defeated Ottoman Empire decided to strengthen its fleet. Its main rival at sea was Greece which decided to act accordingly, buying two American pro-dreadnought battleships and ordering two light cruisers and new destroyers from Britain, one battleship from German
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In todays blog post, there are many characters that I have already talked about in other articles, so there will be plenty of links to the posts that I dedicated to them. England, year 1399; The country is governed by King Richard II, who inherited the cr
In the Iliad Homer regularly shows divisions of heavy infantry being supported by fire of light infantry. The Orientals developed small formations of heavy infantry and archers and sparabara type formations (a formation where the men in the front line carried large shields and spears and everyon
Ruins of the original Sudeley Castle building (photo:authors archives) When, after crossing the beautiful village of Winchombe and walking five hundred meters along a beautiful path in the English countryside, you arrive at Sudeley Castle, you cannot imagine the unfortunate fate that the successive